The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-17

spectacle of herself with her wilted bangs and .
streak of SCOT across her perspir;re face. Ar
rived at home she counts the cost and finds her
self ''out' her streetcar fare. the price Of the
extra purchases and an immense wear and tear
OF body and temper; but. nevertheless, she fig
ures out by some peculiarly feminine process Of
reasoning that it is economical to go to market
and she lives to go another day. These reflec-
tions not inspired by any interest in the
green grocery business, but will occur to any
observer who is concerned for the physical COM
fort, to say nothing of the moral, spiritual and
general aesthetic welfare Of the housekeeping
sisterhood
IT may safely be affirmed tina. more than one
half the railway accidents occurring during the
summer months happen to excursion trains.
These trains out of the regular schedule
time; some train-dispatcher other man who is
responsible for the clearing of the way forgets to
issue the proper order and the track is not
cleared Or it m ay be that the conductor of the
regular train, having received the order miscal-
culates the time on which one or both are run
ming and attempts to make certain station
which he does not reach. The re suit in either
case is disastrous. The excursions. who start
ed out in merry humor is crushed in ollisiou, or,
as in the case at st. Thomas, meets Heath even
more horrible. The people who 60 merrymak-
ing in excursion trains excursion boats, take
risks the nature of which only realized when
some frightful accident occurs. No moro fright
full disaster has taken place for years than on
Friday night on the Canadian Grand Trunk
road.
WHEN the yacht Mystery was capsized in
Jamaica bay, week ago. with party of ex-
cursionists on board, colored cook rowed out
from neishboring schooner in small boat and
by his individual efforts rescued nine persons.
Afterwards, not realizing that he had done any
thing remarkable, he sailed away with his
schooner But the incident attracted attention,
as it deserved to, and now the colored cook has
been found and is to be presented Nth a hand
somely wrought and engraved gold medal in
ward for his services. He will also receive quite
a sum of money, in contributing to which Con-
gresham Cox writes: 'Life-saviag knows
nationality, race politics, sex. condition or col
or. Our federal law makes no distinction to
its benefciaries. The divine law is the model of
all such benefactions."
A DAY two ago hote1-keeper in Tuscola
Illinois, presented at the First National Bank in
that place two drafts amounting to 81, 533, drawn
by an Indiana bank on the Fidelity, of Cincn-
natl. which failed June 81 His eyes opened
very wide when the cashier informed him they
were worthless. He had been carrying the
drafts since May 81, and had not heard Of the
financial crash at Cincinnati. He is ignorant
enough of current events 20 make a good juror
in Doodle trial.
The New York Post rises to remark that it
scould wish that the sweet simplicity of walk
ing had charms for of holiday
makers" With the thermometer at 99o in the
shade, walking ia altogether too sweetly simple
for any but a mugwump who wants to get up
healthy circulation of his blood or of his pape-.
MARTYRS were made of some of the early
Christians by dropping them into cauldrons of
boiling oil. The railway system of modern
Christian civilization makes its martyrs in much
the same way, the difference being that the
latter ignites the oil
PROF. E. B. ELLIOTT. government statisti-
clan and expert, has just completed an estimate
placing the population of the United States and
Territories on June at Sc, 1913. 900.